:Product: 20000815RSGA.txt :Issued: 2000 Aug 15 2200 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Environment Center and the U.S. Air Force. # JOINT USAF/NOAA REPORT OF SOLAR AND GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SDF NUMBER 228 ISSUED AT 2200Z ON 15 AUG 2000 IA. ANALYSIS OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS AND ACTIVITY FROM 14/2100Z TO 15/2100Z: SOLAR ACTIVITY WAS LOW. ONLY ISOLATED C-CLASS EVENTS OCCURRED, THE LARGEST BEING A C3/SF AT 15/0153UT FROM REGION 9125 (N22E02). REGION 9125 CONTINUES TO BE THE LARGEST AND MOST MAGNETICALLY COMPLEX REGION ON THE DISK. THE OTHER MAJOR ACTIVE REGIONS WERE 9127 (S35W31) AND 9129 (S07E33). TWO NEW REGIONS WERE NUMBERED: 9134 (N06E53) AND 9135 (S15E14). IB. SOLAR ACTIVITY FORECAST: SOLAR ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE LOW WITH AN ISOLATED CHANCE OF AN M-CLASS EVENT. IIA. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY SUMMARY 14/2100Z TO 15/2100Z: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD WAS QUIET TO ACTIVE. IIB. GEOPHYSICAL ACTIVITY FORECAST: THE GEOMAGNETIC FIELD IS EXPECTED TO BE QUIET TO UNSETTLED. III. EVENT PROBABILITIES 16 AUG-18 AUG CLASS M 25/25/05 CLASS X 05/05/05 PROTON 01/01/01 PCAF GREEN IV. PENTICTON 10.7 CM FLUX OBSERVED 15 AUG 194 PREDICTED 16 AUG-18 AUG 190/185/180 90 DAY MEAN 15 AUG 188 V. GEOMAGNETIC A INDICES OBSERVED AFR/AP 14 AUG 011/012 ESTIMATED AFR/AP 15 AUG 015/015 PREDICTED AFR/AP 16 AUG-18 AUG 012/012-010/010-010/010 VI. GEOMAGNETIC ACTIVITY PROBABILITIES 16 AUG-18 AUG A. MIDDLE LATITUDES ACTIVE 30/25/25 MINOR STORM 15/10/10 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/05/05 B. HIGH LATITUDES ACTIVE 40/35/35 MINOR STORM 15/10/10 MAJOR-SEVERE STORM 05/05/05